Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
References to the “company,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to JATT Acquisition Corp. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factor Summary,” “Item 1.A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other SEC filings.
Overview
Prior to closing the Business Combination on March 20, 2023, we were a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on March 10, 2021. We were incorporated for the purpose of effecting a Business Combination.
Our Sponsor is JATT Ventures, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership. The registration statement for our Initial Public Offering was declared effective on July 13, 2021. On July 16, 2021, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 12,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $120.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $5.8 million (net of reimbursement from underwriter of $480,000), of which approximately $3.4 million and approximately $331,000 was for deferred underwriting commissions and offering costs allocated to derivate warrant liabilities, respectively. On July 19, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised their option and purchased 1,800,000 additional Units, generating gross proceeds of $18.0 million (the “Over-Allotment”), and incurring offering costs of $990,000, of which $630,000 was for deferred underwriting commissions.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the Private Placement of 5,370,000 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating proceeds of approximately $5.4 million. Concurrent with the consummation of the Over-Allotment on July 19, 2021, the Sponsor purchased 540,000 additional Private Placement Warrants, generating proceeds of $540,000 in the Second Private Placement.
Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement on July 16, 2021, and the Over-Allotment and Second Private Placement on July 16, 2021, approximately $139.4 million ($10.10 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement was placed in a Trust Account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee and invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “Investment Company Act”), which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.
Trust Account Redemptions
In connection with JATT’s shareholder proposal to amend its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which JATT was required to consummate a business combination, which was approved at an extraordinary general meeting held on January 12, 2023, the holders of 12,111,022 of JATT’s ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ JATT Class A Ordinary Shares ”), exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.26 per share for
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an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $124,226,450.64. In connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting and the Business Combination, the holders of an additional 1,506,480 Ordinary Shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.26 per share for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $15,456,484.80. Prior to the Business Combination, holders of an aggregate of 13,617,502 Ordinary Shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $139,682,935.44.
Business Combination
On March 20, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), Zura Bio Limited, a limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Zura”), JATT Acquisition Corp, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“JATT”), JATT Merger Sub, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of JATT (“Merger Sub”), JATT Merger Sub 2, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of JATT (“Merger Sub 2”) and Zura Bio Holdings Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Holdco”), consummated the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, dated June 16, 2022, as amended on September 20, 2022, November 14, 2022 and January 13, 2023, by and among Zura, JATT, Merger Sub, Merger Sub 2, and Holdco (the “Business Combination Agreement”), following the approval at an extraordinary general meeting of JATT’s shareholders held on March 16, 2023 (the “Extraordinary General Meeting” and the consummation of such transactions, the “Closing”).
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, (i) Merger Sub merged with and into Holdco, with Holdco continuing as the surviving company and a wholly owned subsidiary of JATT (the “Merger”); (ii) immediately following the Merger, Holdco merged with and into Merger Sub 2, with Merger Sub 2 continuing as the surviving company and a wholly owned subsidiary of JATT (the “Subsequent Merger” and, together with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”); and (iii) JATT changed its name to “Zura Bio Limited” (the “Company” or “Zura Bio Limited”).
In connection with JATT’s shareholder proposal to amend its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which JATT was required to consummate a business combination, which was approved at an extraordinary general meeting held on January 12, 2023, the holders of 12,111,022 of JATT’s ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “JATT Class A Ordinary Shares”), exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.26 per share for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $124,226,450.64. In connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting and the Business Combination, the holders of an additional 1,506,480 Ordinary Shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.26 per share for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $15,456,484.80. Prior to the Business Combination, holders of an aggregate of 13,617,502 Ordinary Shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $139,682,935.44.
Conversion and Exchange of Equity in the Business Combination
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, all outstanding Holdco shares as of immediately prior to the Business Combination were cancelled in exchange for the right to receive a number of newly issued ordinary shares of JATT, par value $0.0001 per share (“Company Class A Ordinary Shares”), equal to the Exchange Ratio (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) and all outstanding options to purchase shares of capital in Zura were exchanged for a number of options exercisable for newly issued Company Class A Ordinary Shares based upon the Exchange Ratio. The total consideration received by securityholders of Holdco at the Closing consisted of newly issued Company Class A Ordinary Shares (or options to purchase such shares) with an aggregate value equal to $165 million (the “Merger Consideration”).
Subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, in connection with the Merger and the Subsequent Merger, at the Closing, (i) each JATT unit was (to the extent not already separated) automatically separated and the holder thereof was deemed to hold one JATT Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of a JATT warrant; (ii) in consideration for the Merger, JATT issued to holders of Holdco’s issued and outstanding shares immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) an aggregate of 14,558,067 JATT Class A Ordinary Shares (including 499,993 JATT Class A Ordinary Shares underlying restricted stock units granted to Amit Munshi, the Company’s Non-Executive Chairman) plus 1,941,933 options to acquire JATT Class A Ordinary Shares for which outstanding options to acquire Holdco ordinary shares were exchanged on Closing; and (iii) pursuant to the terms and conditions of JATT’s existing amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, all then-outstanding Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, were automatically converted into JATT Class A Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis.
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PIPE Subscription Agreements
On the Closing Date, Ewon Comfortech Co., Ltd. (“Ewon”), an institutional accredited investor which is an indirect investor in Zura through its equity interest in Hana Immunotherapeutics LLC (“Hana”), purchased from JATT 2,000,000 JATT Class A Ordinary Shares and Eugene Investment & Securities Co., Ltd (“Eugene”), an unaffiliated institutional credited investor, purchased from JATT 9,950 JATT Class A Ordinary Shares (Ewon, together with Eugene, the “PIPE Investors”), for an aggregate of 2,009,950 JATT Class A Ordinary Shares (the “PIPE Shares”) at a price of $10.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $20,099,500 (the “PIPE Financing”), pursuant to the subscription agreement entered into by JATT and the Ewon as of June 16, 2022, as amended on November 25, 2022 (the “Ewon PIPE Subscription Agreement”) and the subscription agreement entered into by JATT and Eugene as of March 13, 2023 (the “Eugene PIPE Subscription Agreement” and, together with the Ewon PIPE Subscription Agreement, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”). Pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, JATT granted certain registration rights to the PIPE Investors with respect to the PIPE Shares. The sale of the PIPE Shares was consummated concurrently with the closing of the Business Combination.
Forward Purchase Agreement
At the Closing of the Business Combination, Athanor Master Fund, LP and Athanor International Master Fund, LP (collectively, the “FPA Investors”), each of which is an unaffiliated institutional investor, purchased (i) an aggregate of 3,000,000 JATT Class A Ordinary Shares at $10 per share for $30,000,000; (ii) an aggregate of 1,301,633 JATT Class A Ordinary Shares at $10 per share for $13,016,330 (the “Redemption Backstop”) as public share redemptions were greater than 90% at the time of the Business Combination (the “Excess Redemptions”); and (iii) an additional 2,500,000 JATT Class A Ordinary Shares in consideration for the FPA Investors entering into the latest amendment, but for no additional monetary consideration, pursuant to the forward purchase agreements JATT and the FPA Investors entered into on August 5, 2021, as amended and restated on January 27, 2022 and as amended on March 8, 2023 (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”).
Sponsor Support Agreement
Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, JATT, Zura, JATT Ventures, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “Sponsor”) and certain directors and officers of JATT entered into a support agreement dated June 16, 2022 (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor and directors and officers of JATT agreed to (i) vote all of the JATT Class A Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by them, including any additional shares to which they acquire ownership of or the power to vote, in favor of the SPAC Shareholder Voting Matters (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), (ii) not to redeem any of their JATT Class A Ordinary Shares in conjunction with shareholder approval of the Business Combination and (iii) be bound by certain transfer restrictions with respect to their JATT Class A Ordinary Shares.
Company Shareholder Support Agreement
Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, JATT, Zura and the shareholders of Zura entered into a support agreement dated June 16, 2022 (the “Company Shareholder Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Zura shareholders agreed to vote all Zura ordinary shares beneficially owned by them, including any additional shares of Zura they acquire ownership of or the power to vote, in favor of the Business Combination and related transactions.
Sponsor Forfeiture Agreement
Contemporaneously with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor entered into a sponsor forfeiture agreement (the “Sponsor Forfeiture Agreement”) with JATT and Zura, pursuant to which at the Closing, the Sponsor forfeited 4,133,466 of its private placement warrants to purchase JATT Class A Ordinary Shares, exercisable at $11.50 per share (the “Forfeited Private Placement Warrants”), acquired by the Sponsor in July 2021 upon JATT’s initial public offering, which were transferred to the FPA Investors and Ewon on a pro rata basis in accordance with the FPA Investors’ and Ewon’s total invested capital. The FPA Investors received an aggregate of 2,480,000 Forfeited Private Placement Warrants and Ewon received 1,653,466 Forfeited Private Placement Warrants.
Lock-Up Agreement
Contemporaneously with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, JATT, the Sponsor, certain affiliates of the Sponsor and the Zura shareholders and optionholders, entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), which took effect at Closing, containing restrictions on transfer with respect to Company Class A Ordinary Shares held by each such holder (subject to
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certain exceptions, the “Lock-Up Shares”) for a period as follows: one-third (1/3) of the Lock-Up Shares will be restricted until 6 months after the Closing, one-third (1/3) of the Lock-Up Shares will be restricted until 12 months after the Closing, and one-third (1/3) of the Lock-Up Shares shall be restricted until 24 months after the Closing; provided, that each portion of the Lock-Up Shares will be freely tradable on the earlier of (i) the date on which the closing price of the JATT ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period on a VWAP (as defined below) basis during the relevant lock-up period; and (ii) the date on which JATT consummates a liquidation, merger, capital share exchange, reorganization, or other similar transaction that results in all of JATT’s shareholders having the right to exchange their JATT ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. For purposes of the Lock-Up Agreement, “VWAP” means, for any date, the daily volume weighted average price of the JATT ordinary shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the trading market on which the JATT ordinary shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a trading day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time)).
Amendment to the Insider Letter Agreement
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, JATT, the Sponsor, members of JATT’s board of directors and certain other individuals (collectively, the “Insiders”) entered into an Amendment to the Insider Letter Agreement (the “Amended Insider Letter Agreement”), which provides, among other things, that certain of JATT’s Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”) (and any JATT Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be subject to certain time and share-performance-based vesting provisions which are described below. The Sponsor and the Insiders agreed that they shall not transfer any Founder Shares until the earlier of (A) six months after the completion of the initial business combination and (B) the date following the completion of an initial business combination on which JATT completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the public shareholders having the right to exchange their JATT Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, subsequent to the Business Combination, the closing price of the JATT Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30- trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Business Combination, the Founder Shares shall be released from the lock-up restrictions.
Lilly Lock-Up Agreement
Pursuant to the Equity Grant Agreement (the “JATT Equity Grant Agreement”) entered into on December 8, 2023, by and between JATT and Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”), JATT and Lilly entered into a Lock-Up Agreement (the “Lilly Lock-Up Agreement”), on the Closing Date. The Lilly Lock-Up Agreement contains restrictions on transfer with respect to the shares issued to Lilly under the JATT Equity Grant Agreement (subject to certain exceptions, the “Lilly Lock-Up Shares”) for a period as follows: one-third (1/3) of the Lilly Lock-Up Shares will be restricted until 6 months after the Closing, one-third (1/3) of the Lilly Lock-Up Shares will be restricted until 12 months after the Closing, and one-third (1/3) of the Lilly Lock-Up Shares shall be restricted until 24 months after the Closing; provided, that each portion of the Lilly Lock-Up Shares will be freely tradable on the earlier of (i) the date on which the closing price of the JATT ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period on a VWAP (as defined below) basis during the relevant lock-up period; and (ii) the date on which JATT consummates a liquidation, merger, capital share exchange, reorganization, or other similar transaction that results in all of JATT’s shareholders having the right to exchange their JATT ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. For purposes of the Lilly Lock-Up Agreement, “VWAP” means, for any date, the daily volume weighted average price of the JATT ordinary shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the trading market on which the JATT ordinary shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a trading day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time)).
Amended and Restated Registration and Shareholders Rights Agreement
In connection with the Closing, Zura, JATT and certain securityholders of each of Zura and JATT who received JATT Class A Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, entered into an amended and restated registration and shareholders rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which became effective upon the consummation of the Business Combination. The Registration Rights Agreement governs the registration of certain of the Company Class A Ordinary Shares for resale and includes certain customary demand and “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to the Company Class A Ordinary Shares held by the parties thereto.
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Hydra Promissory Note
On December 8, 2022, Zura and Hydra LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company managed and controlled by Verender S. Badial and Someit Sidhu (“Hydra”), entered into a promissory note (the “Hydra Promissory Note”) pursuant to which (i) Hydra loaned to Zura a principal amount (the “Principal Amount”) of $8 million (including an original issue discount of $400,000) with an interest rate equal to 9.0% per annum, compounding daily. Under the Hydra Promissory Note, Hydra had the right to accelerate the Hydra Promissory Note and receive an amount equal to 120% of the Principal Amount because the registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the Business Combination was not declared effective by the SEC on or before February 15, 2023. On March 8, 2023, Zura and Hydra signed a limited waiver letter under the Hydra Promissory Note (the “Waiver Letter”), pursuant to which Hydra agreed to waive its acceleration right in consideration of Zura paying to Hydra 125% of the Principal Amount (equal to $10,000,000 in the aggregate) on the earlier of December 8, 2023 and five business days after the consummation of the Business Combination. On March 21, 2023, Zura repaid the Hydra Promissory Note in full and the Hydra Promissory Note was terminated.
As of the Closing Date and following the completion of the Business Combination, the Company had the following outstanding securities (including derivative securities):
● 27,552,148 Company Class A Ordinary Shares (including 499,993 Company Class A Ordinary Shares underlying restricted stock units (the “ RSUs ”));
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6,900,000 public warrants, each exercisable for one Company Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share (the “ Public Warrants ”);
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5,910,000 private placement warrants, each exercisable for one Company Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share (the “ Private Placement Warrants ”); and
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1,941,933 options, each exercisable for one Company Class A Ordinary Share (the “ Options ”).
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our liquidity needs through December 31, 2022, were satisfied through the cash contribution of $25,000 from our Sponsor to purchase our Class B ordinary shares (“Founder Shares”), and a loan from our Sponsor of approximately $117,000 under a promissory note (the “Note”). We repaid the Note in full on July 21, 2021. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, our liquidity has been satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement held outside of the Trust Account. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company working capital loans. As of December 31, 2022, there was $356,000 outstanding under a Working Capital Loan. No amounts were outstanding as of December 31, 2021.
Results of Operations before the Business Combination
Our entire activity since inception up to December 31, 2022 related to our formation, the preparation for the Initial Public Offering, and since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the search for a prospective initial Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of investment income from the Trust Account. We will continue to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses. Additionally, we recognize non-cash gains and losses within other income (expense) related to changes in recurring fair value measurement of our derivative liabilities at each reporting period.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, we had net income of approximately $3.6 million, which consisted of non-operating income of approximately $4.1 million resulting from changes in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities and approximately $2.1 million of income from investments held in the trust account, partially offset by approximately $2.3 million of general and administrative expenses and approximately $381,000 of general and administrative expenses - related party.
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For the period from March 10 (inception) through December 31, 2021, we had net income of approximately $6.8 million, resulting from a non-operating gain of approximately $10.2 million from the change in fair value of the derivative warrant liabilities and an unrealized gain on investments held in the trust account of approximately $19,000, partially offset by a non-operating loss of approximately $1.8 million for the fair value of warrants issued to our Sponsor in excess of the purchase price, a non-operating loss of approximately $747,000 for offering costs associated with our derivative warrant liabilities and approximately $889,000 in general and administrative costs, including approximately $168,000 of general and administrative expenses to a related party.
Off-balance sheet financing arrangements before the Business Combination
We had no obligations, assets or liabilities which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2021. We did not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We had not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
Contractual obligations before the Business Combination
We did not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than the agreements described below.
Registration and Shareholder Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the initial Business Combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
We granted the underwriter a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 1,800,000 additional Units at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriter fully exercised its over-allotment option on July 19, 2021. The underwriter was paid an underwriting discount of $0.20 per unit, or approximately $2.4 million in the aggregate upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, we received a reimbursement from the underwriter of $480,000 to cover for certain offering expenses. In addition, $0.35 per unit, or approximately $3.4 million in the aggregate (net of the reimbursement from the underwriter of $820,000 from the deferred commissions for business combination expenses) will be payable to the underwriter for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that that we complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. In connection with the consummation of the Over-Allotment on July 19, 2021, the underwriter was paid an additional fee of $360,000 and an additional amount of $630,000 is payable in deferred underwriting commissions.
Support Agreement and Services
We agreed to pay our Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month, commencing on the date of listing on the NYSE, for office space, utilities, secretarial and administrative support services provided to members of the management team. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees. For the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from March 10, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, we incurred approximately $120,000 and $55,000, respectively, in such fees, included as general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, $78,000 and $18,000 has been included for such services and is included as due from related party on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
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An affiliate of our Sponsor and CFO provides office space and consulting services to us. For year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from March 10, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, the Company incurred fees of $60,000 and $113,000, respectively, included as general and administrative fees - related party on the consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, there is no balance owed for these services
For the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from March 10, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021,we incurred merger consulting fees of $201,000 and $0, respectively, included as general and administrative fees - related party on the consolidated statements of operations.
Forward Purchase Agreements
On August 5, 2021, we entered into Forward Purchase Agreements with certain of our Anchor Investors, Athanor Master Fund LP (“AMF”) and with Athanor International Master Fund, LP (“AIF”) (collectively the “Forward Purchase Agreements”, and collectively, “AMF and AIF are “FPA Purchasers”).
Pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements, we were to issue and sell to the FPA Purchasers, and the FPA Purchasers were to purchase from us, an aggregate of 7,500,000 forward purchase shares, or “Forward Purchase Shares”, for a purchase price of $10.00 per Forward Purchase Share, or $75,000,000 in the aggregate. Each Forward Purchase Share will consist of one Class A ordinary share of the Company. The Class A ordinary shares would have the same terms as the Company’s publicly traded Class A ordinary shares but will be restricted securities and not be freely tradable until registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC”).
In January 2022, we amended the Forward Purchase Agreements (“Amended Forward Purchase Agreements”) to: (1) reduce the number of forward purchase shares from an aggregate of 7,500,000 to 3,000,000 and from a total $75,000,000 in the aggregate to $30,000,000 in the aggregate; and (2) to add a requirement for the FPA Purchasers to provide a binding redemption backstop (the “Redemption Backstop”) to purchase an additional $15 million of redeeming shareholders in the event that redemptions are greater than 90% in connection with a Business Combination (the “Excess Redemptions”); and (3) to add a requirement that at the time of entering into a binding agreement for the Business Combination, the Purchasers will directly provide the target merger company (Target”) with bridge financing of $30 million evidenced by a convertible promissory note (“Convertible Note”) which shall be convertible into the our Class A ordinary shares at the closing of the Business Combination.
On March 8, 2023, the Company and the FPA Purchasers entered into Amendment No. 2 to Forward Purchase Agreement and Related Agreements, pursuant to which, among other things, the FPA Purchasers agreed to purchase up to 1,500,000 shares of JATT’s Class A ordinary shares from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of up to $15,000,000 in the event that redemptions exceed certain thresholds. The agreement previously provided that such shares would be purchased from public stockholders. The FPA Purchasers will be issued an additional 2,500,000 Class A Shares upon the closing of the business combination previously announced between JATT and Zura in connection with the amendment.
For more information, the full text of the Amended Forward Purchase Agreements are included as Exhibit 10.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on April 11, 2022, and our Current Report on 8-K dated March 10, 2023.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates before the Business Combination
This management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our consolidated financial statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to fair value of financial instruments and accrued expenses. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We have identified the following as our critical accounting policies:
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Derivative Financial Instruments
We do not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. We evaluate all of our financial instruments, including issued share purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”) and FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period.
The warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Warrants”) and the Private Placement Warrants are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC 815. Accordingly, we recognize the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjust the instruments to fair value at each reporting period. The liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The fair value of the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants were initially measured at fair value using a Monte Carlo simulation and a Black Scholes option pricing model, respectively. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants continues to be measured using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the Public Warrants were subsequently measured at their listed trading price since they began to be separately listed and traded beginning in September 2021. Derivative warrant liabilities are classified as non-current liabilities as their liquidation will not be reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.
Net Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share
We comply with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income (loss) per ordinary share is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted average ordinary shares outstanding for the respective period.
The calculation of diluted net income per share does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (including exercise of the over-allotment option) and the Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 12,810,000 ordinary shares because their exercise is contingent upon future events. The number of weighted average Class B ordinary shares for calculating basic net income per ordinary share was reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 450,000 Class B ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised in full or part by the underwriters. Since the contingency was satisfied, the Company included these shares in the weighted average number as of the beginning of the period to determine the dilutive impact of these shares. Fair value adjustment associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
We account for our Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480. Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A ordinary shares (including Class A ordinary shares that features redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Class A ordinary shares is classified as shareholders’ equity. Our Class A ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, 13,800,000 shares of Class A ordinary shares are subject to possible redemption and are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of our consolidated balance sheets.
The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Effective with the closing of the Initial Public Offering (including exercise of the over-allotment option), we recognized the fair value adjustment from initial book value to redemption amount, which resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. The ASU also removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity-linked contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and it simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. We adopted ASU 2020-06 on March 10, 2021 (inception). Adoption of the ASU did not impact our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
JOBS Act
On April 5, 2012, the JOBS Act was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We will qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act will be allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As such, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.
Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our Initial Public Offering or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.
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